Luxembourg's National Day 1: June 23, 2003-2022


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Thank you Sydney. So now, less than two years after becoming a member of the GDF, she has mastered the language. That is something even her formidable mother-in-law has not done in 33 years.

Good job, Stephanie!;)
 
If you speak German, Luxembourgish, which is really more of a German dialect, is really easy topick up. I noticed she speaks Luxembourgish more like German. But still kudos.
I believe Maria Theresa relies more on her French in Luxembourg, which many Luxembourgers also do.
 
I've heard it's just the opposite. Ordinary Luxembourgers prefer their dialect. In shops and stores in the Grand Duchy, French and English are used with tourists and German is very rarely spoken at all.

HGD Guillaume almost always uses Luxembourgish for interviews and when he is out and about, interacting with people.
 
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That's exactly what I mean Moonmaiden. French is always prefered to German and Luxembourgish is prefered to French. I lived there for couple of years so I speak from experience.
But Luxembourgish is really easy to learn when you know German, which HGD Stephanie does.
 
Thank you Sydney. So now, less than two years after becoming a member of the GDF, she has mastered the language. That is something even her formidable mother-in-law has not done in 33 years.

Good job, Stephanie!;)



In Think your info is not correct; GD Maria Teresa is speaking Lëtzebuergesch.
I heard it a few times on TV, when she met childeren and Older People in Luxembourg.
 
In her new interview, Stephanie admits that she had difficulty mastering the new language. If she is a perfectionist, that might explain why we have seen relatively little of her in the first year and a half since the wedding.
 
guillaume and stephanie have given an interview with occasion of their 2nd national day together! stephanie gave the interview completely in luxembourgish. :)

hopefully a luxembourgish member can translate for us?

RTL.lu - De Journal

She learned Luxembourgish very fast ! That is not surprising though given that she was already fluent in German, which is very similar to Luxembourgish.
 
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The new Guillaume/Stephanie portraits are really beautiful. Worth the wait!:p
 
Her native language is Spanish, so French should be easier to her than Luxembourgish.
Maria Teresa spent much of her childhood in Switzerland and attended numerous French-speaking schools and a French-speaking university so I don't think it's necessarily her Spanish language background that draws her to the French.

yes, she is speaking in french, i guess that's the language she's most comfortable in
The court has quite a number of French-speaking staff so it wouldn't surprise me if she was speaking French so that her employees would understand what she is saying.
 
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It's good to see Tessy, even though I don't think that dress is very nice. She looks very pretty.

I don't like Stephanie's dress either.
 
22-6-2015-Torchlight Parade & Fireworks.

WORT:

Luxemburger Wort - Rain fails to dampen National Day spirit


Luxemburger Wort - Funkenregen statt Regentropfen


Luxemburger Wort - Flambeaux et parapluies


Luxemburger Wort - Fogo de artifício molhado na festa nacional do Luxemburgo

23-6-2013-Philharmonie.

Monarchie:

Jour de Fête Nationale au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg - Juin 2015


WORT:

Luxemburger Wort - Dignitaries on the red carpet at the Philharmonie


Luxemburger Wort - Mehr Zusammenhalt!


Luxemburger Wort - Cérémonie officielle à la Philharmonie

23-6-2015-Parade.

WORT:

https://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/l...or-national-day-2015-558972db0c88b46a8ce5bc6c


https://www.wort.lu/de/lokales/militaerparade-grosser-aufmarsch-55896e0b0c88b46a8ce5bc68


https://www.wort.lu/pt/luxemburgo/parada-militar-enche-avenue-de-la-liberte-558996d90c88b46a8ce5bc81



https://www.wort.lu/fr/luxembourg/defile-militaire-vive-vive-vive-558974570c88b46a8ce5bc6f

23-6-2015-Te Deum.

WORT:

Luxemburger Wort - Erzbischof fordert mehr Solidarität mit Flüchtlingen


Luxemburger Wort - L'archevêque réclame davantage de solidarité avec les réfugiés


Luxemburger Wort - Arcebispo do Luxemburo celebra "Te Deum" em honra do Grão-Duque Henri



Tageblatt;

https://www.tageblatt.lu/diashow/diashow.tmpl?showid=4731

23-6-2015-Dinner/Reception.

Tageblatt:

Tageblatt Online diashows


WORT:

https://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/nat...-turn-up-the-glamour-558a55ee0c88b46a8ce5bcd0

https://www.wort.lu/de/lokales/am-d...-parlament-im-palais-558a53f90c88b46a8ce5bccb

https://www.wort.lu/fr/luxembourg/f...-clot-les-festivites-558a53a50c88b46a8ce5bcca

https://www.wort.lu/pt/luxemburgo/f...echa-as-festividades-558a644c0c88b46a8ce5bce5
 
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i'd love to know which tiaras the ladies wore to the dinner. so nice to see the luxembourg parures in full force!
 
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